PARIS -- Roger Federer rolled to a 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Alejandro Falla in the first round Sunday at the French Open.
After the match, a young fan ran onto the court and attempted to take a selfie with a clearly perturbed Federer before security steered the man off the court.
The boy, as casual as can be, put his hand across Federer's left shoulder as the tennis great was walking off court with his kit bag, and tried to snap several shots of the two of them together with his mobile phone.
Clearly very uncomfortable, the 2009 champion gently rebuffed the boy, stepped back and glanced over questioningly at security guards for help. After a delay of several seconds, one of them grasped the boy around the waist and steered him away.
Facing a player who pushed him to five sets at Wimbledon five years ago, Federer was never threatened, extending his unbeaten run against the 111th-ranked Falla to 8-0 while serving eight aces.
"I love coming here," said Federer, the 2009 French Open champion. "I wasn't broken. I'm happy."
Federer put Falla under pressure in the eighth game of the first set, breaking for a 5-3 lead when the Colombian could not handle a good backhand return. Federer shouted "come on" after earning a set point in his next service game and closed it out when Falla sent a backhand into the net.
Federer's flashy outfit, with pink shorts and a lilac shirt, was almost as eye-catching as some of the shots the former top-ranked player produced. The 17-time Grand Slam winner broke again for a 2-1 lead in the second set following a game in which he left Falla stranded with a perfectly hit defensive lob.
Federer wrapped up the second set with another break in the ninth game. At 4-3 down in the third set, Falla called a trainer to get his right thigh massaged. The Colombian held his next serve but could not prevent Federer from breaking him in the 10th game as the Swiss unleashed a forehand attack that he returned wide.
On paper, the 33-year-old Federer has a relatively easy draw until the fourth round, where he could meet 13th-seeded Gael Monfils before a potential quarterfinal with his Davis Cup teammate Stan Wawrinka, who beat Marsel Ilhan 6-3, 6-2, 6-3.
Federer, who achieved a career Grand Slam by winning the French Open in 2009 after three runner-up finish, has not made it to the final on the Parisian clay since 2011. He lost in the fourth round last year but has been playing excellent tennis recently and has a 26-5 record in 2015. On clay, he lost in final in Rome after claiming an 85th career title in Istanbul.
Among the seeded players to advance to the second round Sunday were also No. 5 Kei Nishikori, No. 19 Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 22 Philipp Kohlschreiber and No. 24 Ernests Gulbis. The first seeded player to bow out was No. 25 Ivo Karlovic, who lost 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 to Marcos Baghdatis.
Also Sunday, Bosnian Damir Dzumhur advanced when Mikhail Youzhny retired at the start of the third set. Dzumhur was up two sets at that point again the Russian Youzhny, who was a quarterfinalist in 2010.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.